A method for transmitting network traffic across a wide area network (WAN) from a first site to a second site is provided. The method is executed by a first edge network device at the first site that further includes a second edge network device, and the method includes: receiving the network traffic from a client device at the first site; determining, using ipath characteristics and a classification of the network traffic, that the network traffic should be transmitted by the second edge network device to the second site; forwarding in response to the determination, the network traffic to the second edge network device using a local tunnel over a local area network (LAN) of the first site such that the network traffic is transmitted to the second site by the second edge network device.
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3. The edge network device of claim 2, wherein the second service provider connection is provided by a same service provider as that of the first service provider connection.
4. The edge network device of claim 2, wherein the first service provider connection is provided by a first service provider and the second service provider connection is provided by a second service provider different from the first service provider.
11. The method of claim 10, wherein the path characteristics of the second service provider connection are periodically shared with the first edge network device from the second edge network device using the LAN.
13. The method of claim 10, wherein, within the first site, only the first edge network device can measure the path characteristics of the first service provider connection and only the second edge network device can measure the path characteristics of the second service provider connection.
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